The Monticello Association was founded in 1913 to care for, preserve, and continue the family graveyard at Monticello. It is a non-profit organization whose members include the lineal descendants of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States, and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. Jefferson was the designer, builder, owner, and, with his family, first residents of Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Read more about Monticello Association: Purposes, Membership, The Monticello Graveyard, Annual Meetings, Jefferson--Hemings Controversy, Monticello Association Study and Vote, New Reunions
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